Yom Hashoah 2020
YOM HASHOAH MANCHESTER 2020 WENT ONLINE Yom Hashoah Manchester took the very difficult decision to postpone the Manchester communal commemoration for 2020. Instead we joined with Yom Hashoah London online. WE WILL CONTINUE TO REMEMBER and move forward to Yom Hashaoh 2021 Thank you for your understanding. Stay safe and …
Ruth Lachs
I was born in Hamburg Germany on March 7th, 1936. My family lived on Heinze Strasse, in a Jewish neighbourhood and my father and uncle were partners in a textile business. Our lives changed dramatically after Kristallnacht in November 1938. People thought it could never happen in Germany, but when …
Ernst Israel Bornstein
Ernst was just 17-years-old when the Nazis arrived at their Polish home in March 1941 and arrested him and in front of his fearful mother he was beaten and marched off to a labour camp. Glancing up at the window of their home was his mother. He was not sure …
Yom HaShoah 2019
“And the World was Silent” is the 2019 theme for Yom Hashoah 2019. Join us for an evening of commemoration, insight and contemplation. All welcome regardless of race or religion. Attendance is FREE – no booking needed COACH TRANSPORT is available leaving from Whitefield Shul and Stenecourt Shul. Both are FREE but …
Chaim Ferster
My name is Chaim Ferster. I am 92 years old and I survived the horrors of the Holocaust. When the war broke out in Poland on Friday 1stSeptember 1939, I was 17 years old and lived with my family at home in a place called Sosnowiec near the German border. …